Greek Orthodox Easter is celebrated today (this year).
Of all the symbols associated with Easter the egg, the symbol of fertility and new life, is the most identifiable. Different cultures have developed their own ways of decorating Easter eggs. Crimson eggs, to honor the blood of Christ, are exchanged in Greece.
Almost forgot it was Easter today.
Some celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity. Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian “Ostra” and the Teutonic “Ostern” or […]
Earlier this year, the University of British Columbia (UBC) deployed a state-of-the-art wireless network to provide high-speed connectivity to 44,000 students, staff and faculty from virtually anywhere on its campus. Based on technology from Cisco Systems, Inc. the network covers more than one million square metres and all 300 of the university’s buildings, making it […]
I’m not really a dieter or and I prefer nectarines, strawberries and bananas but I like this image so here it is! Apparently eating 3 apples a day; one before each meal is a sure fire way to trim up. I’ll leave that up to you to find out.
Just finished The Great Race between the charming and beautiful cities of Saratoga to Los Gatos. Yippee I did it!
Laughter is the best medicine! Enjoyed a great evening at the Improv, San Jose with Mitch Hedberg. Hundreds of jokes - you gotta check him out. Nice venue too. I’ll be back.
Did you feel it? About an hour a go I jolted from my sleep thinking I felt a quake or the neighbor running upstairs. It was a quake, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a quake 8 miles E of Milpitas, California; magnitide 3.2 and 97 other people in the area had already completed a USGS […]